Attachment for filing-cabinets



L. M. CHURCH.

ATTACHMENT FOR FILING CABINETS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN-5,1920.

Patented Mar. 1, 1921'.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ATTACHMENT FOR FILING-CABINETS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented Mar. 1, 1921.

Application filed January 5, 1920. Serial No. 349,620.

(FILED UNDER. THE ACT OF MARCH 3, 1883, 22 STAT. In, 625.)

To all w 710m it may concern:

Be it known that I, LoUIs M. CHURCH, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of llashington, District of Columbia, have invented anImprovement in Attachments for Filin -Cabinets, of which the followingis a speci cation.

The invention described herein may be used by the Government, or any ofits ofiicers or employes in prosecution of work for the Government, orby any other person in the United States. without payment of any royaltythereon.

"This invention relates to improvements in attachments for filingcabinets and more particularly to a shelf adapted to be detachablyconnected to a drawer of the filing cabinet. The peculiar advantages ofthis invention comprise lightness in construction, portability,cheapness in manufacture and adaptability for use upon a variety ofcabinets. I

Referring more particularly to the drawin s: 1

I igure 1 represents a perspective view of the filing cabinet providedwith my improved attachment.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the shelf,

and

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the modified form of the invention.

In the drawings 1 represents a filing cabinet of well known constructionprovided with drawers 2. Attached to the upper edge of one of thedrawers by means of hangers 3, provided at their upper ends with hooks 4is a shelf 5. This shelf is secured to the hangers 3 at its underside byscrews 6, and between said hangers there is attached by means of anangle iron 7 a downwardly projecting rectangular block 8 which isdesigned when the shelf is in position to be embraced by the drawerhandle. Thisv lower block not only serves to prevent the shelf frombending downwardly but operates to center the shelf with reference tothe drawer end.

Instead of the block 8 two iron bars 9 may be attached to the lower faceof the shelf as is shown in Fig. 3. While the hangers 3 serve to aid inkeeping the shelf in proper position it has been found in many casesthat they may be omitted, the bars 9 serving as the sole' support. Thesebars may be obviously of such width as to fit snirigly into the handleof the drawer.

aving thus described the invention what is claimed as new and desired tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a cabinet, the drawer provided with a center loop handle, a shelfseated upon said handle and hangers securing said shelf and overhangingthe top of the drawer.

2. A shelf provided with a depending bracket upon the lower side andupwardly projecting hangers'located on the opposite sides of saidbracket.

LOUIS M. CHURCH.

